Writing Tablet with Scenes from the Lives of Virgil and Aristotle

1340-1360
On view at The Met Cloisters in Gallery 02
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Writing Tablet with Scenes from the Lives of Virgil and Aristotle
  • Date: 1340-1360
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: Ivory
  • Dimensions: 3 3/4 × 2 1/16 × 3/16 in. (9.5 × 5.2 × 0.5 cm)
  • Classification: Ivories-Elephant
  • Credit Line: The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, 71.267
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters